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ILLUSTRATOR: MANSHEN LO

COPPI BARBIERI

Photographers

Fabrizio Coppi and Lucilla Barbieri have

worked together for more than 20 years,

creating elegant images for the likes of

Cartier and Absolut Vodka. For this issue,

the London-based duo produced a set of

vibrant glassware compositions (page 130).

‘Our starting point was the work of op

artist Richard Anuszkiewicz,’ they say. ‘The

glasses were positioned on a lightbox and

the images took on an identity of their own.’

The pair are working on their first book,

featuring unseen work from the early 1990s.

LEON CHEW

Photographer

Originally from Tyneside, Chew moved

to London in 2001 after graduating from

the University of the Arts. A Wallpaper*

stalwart, he was tasked this month with

photographing Martin Brudnizki, the

Swedish designer of the revamped Annabel’s

in London’s Mayfair (page 058). Annabel’s

wasn’t fully finished at the time of our shoot

so instead Chew photographed Brudnizki

in the studio of artist Gary Myatt, who

designed the nightclub’s murals.

BENJAMIN KEMPTON

Interiors stylist

Formerly Wallpaper’s interiors director,

Kempton continues to supply us with

carefully curated stories. His latest project

(see page 046) was sparked by a visit to

The Kiln Rooms, a ceramics studio in

Peckham. ‘The works I discovered were

enchanting in their combination of

form, texture and experimentation with

glazes,’ he says. Kempton is already working

on his next shoots for us, one of which is an

intriguing project with a master carpenter.

ROOS QUAKERNAAT

Photographer

We first spotted the Amsterdam-based

Quakernaat at the last Hyères Festival,

where she won an award for her series

Routine, focused on ideas of difference and

similarity. This month we asked the Gerrit

Rietveld Academie graduate to shoot our

Next Generation story (page 138), which

combines new Dutch design with this

season’s key looks. ‘It was an amazing

collection of objects and clothes,’ she says.

‘We worked intuitively and everybody was

on top of their game. It felt very organic.’

SPENCER FINCH

Artist

This month’s Artist’s Palate (page 162)

features almond chocolate cookies by

Spencer Finch – or more accurately, his great

aunt Edna, who would serve them every

Christmas Eve. ‘Every year she promised to

send the recipe, but she never did,’ recalls the

American light artist. When Edna passed

away, Finch’s mother got the recipe from her

cousin. ‘Though, according to family lore,

Edna left something out of the recipe and

took the real original to her grave. Still, the

cookies are very delicious.’

ELLIE STATHAKI

Architecture editor

Having only just returned from maternity

leave, our ever-efficient architecture editor

was quick to spot a good story in Carmody

Groarke’s new HQ for Julian Opie (page 050).

Stathaki started at Wallpaper* in 2006,

and came across the practice shortly after:

‘Ever since we first published the work of

Carmody Groarke in 2008, it was clear that

they were onto something great,’ she says.

‘Their design for Opie’s studio is so refined,

it feels like it has always been there.’

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